Sources of Support and Parental Performances a Descriptive Study of Mexican-American Female Single Parents Page: 66
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majority of Mexican-American female single parents had very
little or no difficulty in disciplining their children.
Difficulty with discipline resulting in more spanking since
the divorce is a continuum from no difficulty to very little,
to moderate to a great deal of difficulty, as perceived by
the female single parents. As the level of difficulty
increases the single parents have to resort more and more
to corporal punishment, resulting in harsher and undesirable
relationships with their children. Only fifteen female
single parents experienced a moderate amount or a great deal
of difficulty in discipling the children, resulting in more
spanking.
There were several independent variables that had low
measures of association with the dependent variable. The
vast majority of female single parents indicated they rarely
had to resort to spanking to discipline their children.
Low measures of association were found between rare spanking
of children and having ex-husbands who did not make child-
support payments, y=-.140, seeing brothers two or three
times a week regularly, y=-.171, and having ex-husbands who
were not legally obligated to make child-support payments,
y=-.185. Low measures of association were also found
between the rare spanking of children by single parents
and perceiving the availability of child-care at least good
in quality, y=-.216, and attending church at least once a
week, y=-.232. The remaining independent variables were
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Maldonado, Alfred C. Sources of Support and Parental Performances a Descriptive Study of Mexican-American Female Single Parents, dissertation, August 1987; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331344/m1/72/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .